Thursday, April 17, 2014

UMO Sports Information MOUNT OLIVE -- The University of Mount Olive clinched a spot in the season-ending Conference Carolinas softball tournament with a doubleheader sweep of in-state foe Pfeiffer University on Wednesday afternoon. The Trojans prevailed 6-5 and 4-0. Ashleigh...

CHARLOTTE -- The Youth Diamonds earned Grand Champion Level 1 honors and placed first in their division during the Charlotte Grande Championship competition. Senior Onyx also placed first in their division....

Kelsie Stocks led the North Lenoir offense with two hits and three RBI during a 10-1 victory over Farmville Central on Wednesday. Megan Lanier added two hits and two RBI and Dani Moulton contributed a three-hit effort with two RBI....

Bryant Packard threw a no-hitter during a 10-0 victory over Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference foe C.B. Aycock on Wednesday evening. Packard walked four batters and did not record a strikeout. Tim Naughton endured the pitching loss for CBA. Kyle Davis...

Mitch Turnage led the Chargers with three hits as Wayne Country Day beat Neuse Christian 13-1 on Wednesday afternoon. John Strickland added three hits and two RBI, while Jacob Magera had two hits and two RBI. Patrick Hall drove in...

WINTERVILLE -- Kevin Williams and Cole Barwick each collected an RBI during Southern Wayne's 4-2 loss at South Central on the Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference scene Wednesday evening. Josh Jernigan doubled and scored a run for the Saints. Williams threw...

GREENVILLE -- Eastern Wayne avenged an earlier loss and handed J.H. Rose its first blemish on what has been an otherwise perfect season on Wednesday evening. Tyler Warren recorded five strikeouts, walked five batters and earned the complete-game win during...

rcoggins@newsargus.com PRINCETON -- One inning usually doesn't determine the overall outcome of a baseball game. Wednesday afternoon was an exception. Rosewood's defense trapped county foe Spring Creek in a base-running blunder, exploded offensively during its first at-bat and cruised to...

aetzler@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock had been here before and the result didn't end well. The Golden Falcons conceded a two-goal, halftime advantage against Southern Wayne last month and settled for a disappointing 3-3 overtime draw. On Wednesday evening,...

rcoggins@newsargus.com PRINCETON -- Princeton couldn't solve Tommy Jackson on Wednesday evening. Jackson had full command of his arsenal, mixed speeds and tossed a complete game during North Johnston's 8-1 triumph on opening day of the 2014 Deacon Jones Invitational. The...

HOLLYWOOD -- Meredith Burroughs is the new North Carolina softball home run queen. The Charles B. Aycock senior broke the state career home record (41) with a sixth-inning grand slam blast during a 10-2 victory over D.H. Conley on...